US is Ill-Prepared to Safely Manage its Nuclear Waste from Climate Threats
US is Ill-Prepared to Safely Manage its Nuclear Waste from Climate Threats More than 150 sites across the country have to be managed for radioactive waste for centuries or millennia. But there’s no plan in place for how this will be done, says GAO report. Charles Pekow December 29, 2020 The Cold War never erupted into the nuclear nightmare that the world feared for decades. But the legacy of the never-used nuclear weapons remains a ticking time bomb that could endanger countless people and lead to environmental catastrophe any time. A radiation warning sign on the fence outside ...